Lancasterian Primary School A safe and welcoming learning community where:

- we all aim high;

- everyone is included;

- creativity is valued.

Issue No: 16 Date: Friday 17 January 20

www.lancasterianprimary.co.uk @LancasterianPri

Top Attendance: Early Years: Williams 96.6% KS1: Fawcett 97.9%

KS2: Akala 97.9% Keeping aiming for 100%

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

January School Value of the Month : Lifelong Learning

Attendance and Punctuality - A Message from the House Captains

Coming in to school is important as is not being late. Doing both of these things every day is important for you children’s future!

Shelter and Lockdown

In line with best practice in Safeguarding and Health & Safety, this term we will begin teaching the children about Shelter and

Lockdown arrangements.

Shelter is used if dealing with some kind of environmental hazard, e.g. a train carrying

chemicals derails by the school; the purpose of shelter is to get everyone safely inside the building and keep out dangerous pollutants,

etc. whilst we await emergency services.

Lockdown is used if an intruder has managed to enter the school premises and is posing a

danger to children and staff, e.g. an unknown person with a possible intent to do harm; the

purpose of lockdown is to get everyone hidden away from the danger, preferably

behind a locked door, as quickly as possible whilst we await emergency services.

In the same way as we do with fire drills, we need to teach the staff and children what is

expected in these situations and then have a drill once a year to check they know what to

do.

Please do not be concerned: we are doing this in the best interests of your child’s safety, these kinds of incidents are extremely rare

nationally and we will ensure that we talk to the children about it in a way which will not

scare them.

Any questions, please speak to Mr. Murphy.

Art and DT Donations

If you have any spare materials at home that we could use at school, please bring them in for us! In kS2 please direct them to Miss Monaghan (Yr5), and KS1 please direct them to Ms Levendi (Yr2).

These are example of what we would find useful:

*Any materials, fabric, cut up old clothes

*string, wool, threads

*Cardboard boxes, cereal boxes, kitchen rolls (not toilet rolls)

*Jars, Rolling pins

Pupil Survey

As you may or may not be aware, twice a year we survey all the children from Y1 to Y6 to find out how they are feeling about their learning, friendships, safety and a range of other areas of school life. We most recently completed this in December and, compar-ing the results to previous surveys, we can see that the children continue to paint a very positive picture about their experiences at Lancs. For example:

94% of children told us that they work hard at school (up from 90% in the June survey)

92% told us that their teacher or another adult helps them when they need it (up from 88%)

87% told us that teachers and adults at the school try to be fair (up from 82%)

90% told us they have lots of good friends (up from 82%)

87% told us that the house captains are helping to improve the school (up from 75%)

This information is used by school leadership and the governors to plan further school improvement. Our Pastoral Care Manager, Ms Johnson, will be working with a selection of children from across the school to further unpick the children’s answers, especially

in areas which have not improved since the last survey.

Uniform Check-In!

Please could you ensure that your children’s uniforms are in line with our policy below. Thanks to all our parents who already do this consistently. We do not stipulate which items are for boys or girls, this is the choice of the child and their parents/

carers, as long as they are in full school uniform.

A navy blue sweatshirt or cardigan, with a school logo

A white polo-type t-shirt

Black/dark grey trousers or a skirt/pinafore - no tracksuit bottoms/leggings, except in nursery and reception only

Dark tights/leggings may be worn under skirts/pinafores in cold weather

Dark headscarves may be worn, where this is for religious rea-sons

Dark shoes are preferable, but plain black trainers will be accepted (no bright colours, no white logos, etc.) - in nursery and reception these must fasten with velcro

Blue + white checked gingham school dresses or shorts may be worn in the summer

The children must have a bag for their reading book, either their own or purchased through the uniform shop. Please speak with a member of the school office should you have an queries or concerns regarding uniform.

Haringey parents of children under five are invited to sign up to become a Parent Champion. Parent Champions are volunteers who give up some of their spare time to support other parents like themselves.

They provide information about accessing free childcare for under-fives, encourage families to access local services, whilst enhancing their own skills and personal development with an accredited course.

Training for these roles begins on Tuesday 4 February 2020 for six weeks. For more details or to sign up, please contact Natasha Miller – Parent Champion Coordinator – by 26 January on 020 8489 5349 or email Natasha.Miller@haringey.gov.uk.

Dogs on site

It has been reported to the school that on occasions parents/carers are brining dogs on to the school premises and allowing them to walk in the school playground.

Although dogs are not banned here at Lancs we do have strict rules in place that all owners are expected to follow.

Dogs are only permitted on the school site if they are carried by their owner and at no point are dogs permitted to walk even on a leash this is for safe-

ty reasons.

Any parents or carers not following this rule will no longer be allowed to bring their dog onsite.

Please can parents/carers ensure they have downloaded the

For more information on how to access FREE English classes

Please click here

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Ücretsiz İngilizce dersleri

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免費英語課

clases de ingles gratis

Places Available We provide an excellent provision before school between 8:00am – 9:00am and

after school between 3:30pm – 6:00pm.

The children are provided with a tasty snack and refreshments. After refreshments the children are given

the opportunity to do a variety of fun and entertaining activities.

Please contact the office at admin@lancs-pri.haringey.sch.uk for further information.

Help paying for your childcare Parent /Cares who are currently receiving 30 hours free childcare are encouraged to renew their codes by 15 December

To find out more information on help paying for your childcare visit:

www.haringey.gov.uk/children-and-families/childcare-and-early-years/childcare-costs/free-early-learning-education/30-hours-free-childcare

https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

Nursery Places Available We offer an excellent provision for children aged 3 — 4 years

where children make progress. Lancasterian’ s nursery acts as a

fantastic start to children's education in a happy, exciting and safe

learning environment.

Nursery sessions are available Monday — Friday, with Morning,

Afternoons, and Full- day sessions available

Morning session run from 8.45am – 11.45 am, Afternoon session

12.45pm – 3.45pm and full-time from 9.30am— 3.45pm.

Please visit the school office for an application form if you would

like to apply for a nursery place.

Congratulations to all of our fantastic STARS OF THE WEEK!!

Fawcett Farhan For being like Ronnie everyday and always bringing a great attitude towards his learning.

Fawcett Cihan For being like Hetty in Maths and English this week and always trying his best.

Sterling Umut For having a fantastic growth mindset and trying his hardest just like Gerty and Hetty.

Sterling Mohamad For consistently working independently and always trying to get to extended challenges in all

subjects.

Attenborough Lena For always asking interesting and thoughtful questions to extend her learning like Hetty.

Attenborough Lucas For really challenging himself at the Maths mastery trip and being just like Hetty.

Gandhi Arlo For being brave this week and acting like Hetty, Leila and Gerty when on the Maths trip.

Gandhi Sonia For pushing herself and being like Gerty in English and Maths this week.

Obama Seti For being kind and helpful just like Ronnie respect.

Obama Mareeya For applying his growth mindset to all aspects of her learning including friendship and

behavior

Nightingale Aiden For always being on the lookout for knowledge and developing his skills just like Leila

life-long learning

Nightingale Ayse For being like Gerty growth mindset and trying new things outside of her comfort zone by

joining all classroom activities.

Coleman Leon For producing such a beautiful setting description of Pompeii.

Coleman Lunas For practicing his timetables at home, working hard and having high aspirations like Hetty.

Wiltshire Kyrie For really trying hard with his handwriting this week just like Gerty.

Wiltshire Aysha For really aiming high in writing this week like Hetty and producing a wonderful piece of work.

Yousafzai Arzu For her Hetty high aspirations when producing a beautiful rainforest piece of work.

Yousafzai Kieran For always looking for ways to extend his learning just like Leila.

Earhart Keturah For working so well as a group and creating an informative piece of rainforest work.

Earhart Veronika For writing a wonderful setting description independently and having such high aspirations.

Akala Vera For being like Hetty in her writing and applying all her learning skills to write independently.

Akala Zheko For being like Hetty and Gerty in Maths by showing excellent high aspirations and achieving so

much.

Thunberg Ionut For showing superb effort and growth mindset hen writing a chapter of his story.

Thunberg Jude For writing a superb chapter for his evacuation story and showing great growth mindset and

high aspiration.

STARS OF THE WEEK

The children below have demonstrated exemplary attitudes and behaviours in school for the following reasons: